Gemixystus

Gemixystus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Trophoninae of the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Gemixystus
Shell of Gemixystus calcareus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Trophoninae
Genus: Gemixystus
Iredale, 1929
Type species
Trophon laminatus Petterd, 1884
Synonyms[1]
  • Apixystus Iredale, 1929
  • Gemixystus (Apixystus) Iredale, 1929

Species

Species within the genus Gemixystus include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Gemixystus apipagodus (Ponder, 1972) : synonym of Xymenella apipagoda (Ponder, 1972)
  • Gemixystus comes (Maxwell, 1992) : synonym of Xymenella comes (P. A. Maxwell, 1992)
  • Gemixystus protocarinatus (Laws, 1941) : synonym of Xymenella protocarinata Laws, 1941

References

  • Houart R. & Héros V. (2019). The genus Gemixystus Iredale, 1929 (Gastropoda: Muricidae: Trophoninae) in New Caledonia with the description of two new species and some notes on the genus in the Indo-West Pacific. Novapex. 20(1-2): 1-12.


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